Natural Gardening

Organic gardening techniques are hard for some to understand at times. There are some changes to soil, pest control, and weeds that you need to make to help your garden be more natural.

How to use the planting of a garden as a family project to spend time with the whole family.

Simpler gardens are making a comeback. Economic hardships are forcing people to look for inexpensive solutions to meet these challenges. As a result, many have gone back to the basics, rediscovering the rewards of natural gardening practices.

Ruth Stout's Lazy Gardening comes together with Masanobu Fukuoka's Natural Farming, in the Synergistic Garden. Created by Emilia Hazelip in France, this is the sustainable farming method that could keep us fed after Peak Oil.

Growing great-tasting vegetables and bold, beautiful flowers the healthy way sounds hard but it isn't all that hard to do.

There's more to gardening than growing plants. Creating features for the garden keeps it fresh and interesting year round.

With careful planning beforehand, a naturalistic garden can easily be created into a garden for all seasons.

This year gardeners may be focusing more on simplicity and less on high maintenance.

Times may have changed; but for the most part, gardening has not. Find inspiration while saving both time and money by looking back to the past for creative gardening ideas aimed at the simpler pleasures in life.

Taking some time to plan out a garden or landscaping project before you start will give you a much more successful result. Here are some tips to help guide you on your way to a beautiful garden.

Many would like to have some food production at their bug out locations. Find out some simple ways of doing this without having to tend to it on a weekly basis.

Awaken the night with a garden that reveals life through fragrance, color and texture in a secret world of its own.

This Natural Gardener uses glyphosate herbicide because it kills plants, does not harm animals, and feeds soil life. The last is its downside as well, as it feeds worms that attract moles and pill bugs that eat seedlings.

Many vegetables-particularly the green kind-do very well in the Fall and Winter. They kind provide food all year long.

Spring isn't the only season for gardening, since many vegetables can also be planted again in the fall. Here are some tips on how and when to plant common vegetables for a second season garden.

Who has the time to make a change to a healthier lifestyle? You do, and this article will show you how.

I love eating and planting strawberies. However, I don't have a natural "green" thumb.

Companion gardening has been around for many years. Many gardeners choose plants to complement their favorite vegetables. However, some forget to steer clear of plants that are bad companions.

Spring time is nearly here and there are more then enough reasons to get started on your garden, here are some simple vegetables you can start growing to make sure you have healthy habits and health this year!

Does the thought of unknown chemicals on your food send you diving under your covers? Planting your own garden allows you to see every step your food takes from the ground to your table. It only takes a little prep work to reap the benefits.

A recent survey by the National Association for Gardening shows that a majority of gardeners gave "fresh quality" as the No. 1 reason for gardening.

Have you recently gotten slugs in your garden? The most fun way to kill them is by using beer, so let them drink up while you do!

Keeping a garden journal is the best way to see how your garden does every year. By keeping a journal, you will know what to avoid next year.

Dwarf citrus can be used many ways in the garden and they will still provide a wealth of fruit that will supply the family with most of the vitamin "C" needed.

An article about applying nature to life and learning from it.

Dormant sprays for fruit plants are so called because they are applied before growth starts in the spring.